{"id":71298,"date":"2022-01-21T04:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=71298"},"modified":"2022-01-20T17:10:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T22:10:33","slug":"why-wilhelm-i-didnt-want-to-be-german-emperor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/01\/21\/why-wilhelm-i-didnt-want-to-be-german-emperor\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Wilhelm I Didn&#8217;t Want To Be German Emperor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ixA86Cxn4rU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 20 Jan 2022<\/p>\n<p>Get the Smartest Bundle in Streaming: <a href=\"https:\/\/smartbundle.com\/thegreatwarsb\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/smartbundle.com\/thegreatwarsb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The proclamation of the German Empire on 18 January 1871 is usually portraited as a glorious ceremony. Most people associated it with the famous paintings from Anton von Werner. But the ceremony itself was far from well organized and the soon-to-be Emperor Wilhlem I himself was not to thrilled about the whole affair. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nJohn Ozment, James Darcangelo, Jacob Carter Landt, Thomas Brendan, Kurt Gillies, Scott Deederly, John Belland, Adam Smith, Taylor Allen, Rustem Sharipov, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Marcus Bondura, Ramon Rijkhoek, Theodore Patrick Shannon, Philip Schoffman,  Avi Woolf, <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb OUR PODCAST<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/realtimehistory.net\/podcast\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/realtimehistory.net\/podcast<\/a> &#8211; interviews with historians and background info for the show. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb LITERATURE<br \/>\nArand, Tobias: <em>1870\/71. Der Deutsch-Franz\u00f6sische Krieg erz\u00e4hlt in Einzelschicksalen<\/em>. Hamburg 2018<\/p>\n<p>Bartmann, Dominik (Hrsg.): &#8220;Ausst.-Kat. DHM\u201a Anton von Werner. Geschichte in Bildern.&#8221; Berlin 1993<\/p>\n<p>Bauer, Gerhard u.a. (Hrsg.): Ausst.-Kat. MHM Dresden &#8220;Krieg \u2013 Macht \u2013 Nation. Wie das deutsche Kaiserreich entstand&#8221;. Dresden 2020<\/p>\n<p>B\u00fchl-Gramer, Charlotte: Anton von Werner \u2013 &#8220;Die Proklamierung des Deutschen Kaiserreichs 1871&#8221;, in: <em>Der Europ\u00e4ische Bildersaal. Europa und seine Bilder<\/em>, hrsg. v. Michael Wobring und Susanne Popp. Schwalbach\/Ts. 2014. S. 86-97<\/p>\n<p>Gouttman, Alain: <em>La grande d\u00e9faite. 1870-1871<\/em>. Paris 2015<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nDeuerlein, Ernst: <em>Die Gr\u00fcndung des Deutschen Reichs 1870\/71 in Augenzeugenberichten<\/em>. Gerlingen 2011 (Neuauflage)<\/p>\n<p>Goncourt, Edmond de: <em>Journal des Goncourts. II.1. 1870-1871<\/em>. Paris 1890<\/p>\n<p>Meisner, Heinrich Otto (Hrsg.): <em>Kaiser Friedrich III. Das Kriegstagebuch von 1870\/71<\/em>. Berlin, Leipzig 1926<\/p>\n<p>Merkelbach, Thea (Hrsg.): <em>Ferdinand Viebig. Der Krieg 1870\/71. Aus den Erinnerungen eines preu\u00dfischen Offiziers<\/em>. Zell\/Mosel 2021<\/p>\n<p>N.N. (Hrsg.): <em>Bismarcks Briefe an seine Gattin aus dem Kriege 1870\/71<\/em>. Stuttgart, Berlin 1903<\/p>\n<p>Werner, Anton von: <em>Erlebnisse und Eindr\u00fccke 1870-1890<\/em>. Berlin 1913<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb OUR STORE<br \/>\nWebsite: <a href=\"https:\/\/realtimehistory.net\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/realtimehistory.net<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbCREDITS<br \/>\nPresented by: Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nWritten by: Cath\u00e9rine Pfauth, Prof. Dr. Tobias Arand, Jesse Alexander<br \/>\nDirector: Toni Steller &#038; Florian Wittig<br \/>\nDirector of Photography: Toni Steller<br \/>\nSound: Above Zero<br \/>\nEditing: Toni Steller<br \/>\nMotion Design: Philipp Appelt<br \/>\nMixing, Mastering &#038; Sound Design: <a href=\"http:\/\/above-zero.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/above-zero.com<\/a><br \/>\nMaps: Battlefield Design<br \/>\nResearch by: Cath\u00e9rine Pfauth, Prof. Dr. Tobias Arand<br \/>\nFact checking: Cath\u00e9rine Pfauth, Prof. Dr. Tobias Arand<\/p>\n<p>Channel Design: Battlefield Design<\/p>\n<p>Contains licensed material by getty images<br \/>\nAll rights reserved &#8211; Real Time History GmbH 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-21-at-16-46-12-Why-Wilhelm-I-Didnt-Want-To-Be-German-Emperor-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-21-at-16-46-12-Why-Wilhelm-I-Didnt-Want-To-Be-German-Emperor-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-71300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-21-at-16-46-12-Why-Wilhelm-I-Didnt-Want-To-Be-German-Emperor-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-21-at-16-46-12-Why-Wilhelm-I-Didnt-Want-To-Be-German-Emperor-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-21-at-16-46-12-Why-Wilhelm-I-Didnt-Want-To-Be-German-Emperor-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-21-at-16-46-12-Why-Wilhelm-I-Didnt-Want-To-Be-German-Emperor-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real Time History Published 20 Jan 2022 Get the Smartest Bundle in Streaming: https:\/\/smartbundle.com\/thegreatwarsb The proclamation of the German Empire on 18 January 1871 is usually portraited as a glorious ceremony. 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